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Originally Posted by vrrooom
There have been numerous research projects which have studied the relationship between spending per pupil and student performance. They all agree, spending more does not result in highter levels of student performance. Parental involvement is the best driver of student preformance acording to these studies. Look at Gilford, one of the highest levels of per pupil spending in the state and only average student performance. Leadership with dollars  not, apparently follow the money leads to the administrators  not to the students. |
Not to sound pompous, but I have my Ph.D. in education administration and am a college professor of teacher education, have done extensive consulting and research and.....you are right...there is no proven link between spending and student achievement. Like any function, government or private sector, the key is spending money wisely. If spending-per-pupil equated acaemic achievement, then Boston and Washington, DC would have the highest-achieving students on the nation. That being said, states have implemented curriculum frameworks so that each fifth-grade student in a state would have the same curriculum. This cannot be done on a nation-wide basis....because the Constitution places the responsibility for education at the state level.